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Post route map of the state of Texas, with adjacent parts of Louisiana, Arkansas, Indian Territory and of the Republic of Mexico

Title
Post route map of the state of Texas, with adjacent parts of Louisiana, Arkansas, Indian Territory and of the Republic of Mexico / published by order of Postmaster General William F. Vilas, under the direction of W.L. Nicholson, topographer.
Author
Nicholson, W. L. (Walter Lamb), 1825-1895
Publication
[Washington, D.C.] : [U.S. Post Office Department], [1886]

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Additional Authors
  • United States. Post Office Department, publisher.
  • Sterne Collection
Description
1 map : color; 102 x 139 cm, sheet 112 x 150 cm
Alternative Title
Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US232.1.06
Subjects
Genre/Form
Maps.
Note
  • Prime meridian: Washington, D.C.
  • "Showing post offices with the intermediate distances and mail routes in operation on the 1st of February 1886."
  • "Note: The service on the diagram brought up to date of March 1, 1886."
  • Inset: Northwestern portion of Texas on a reduced scale [Scale approximately 1:1,350,000].
  • "The first edition was issued in 1878."
Indexed In (note)
  • New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division
Call Number
Map Div. 17-5361
OCLC
1019904472
Author
Nicholson, W. L. (Walter Lamb), 1825-1895, cartographer.
Title
Post route map of the state of Texas, with adjacent parts of Louisiana, Arkansas, Indian Territory and of the Republic of Mexico / published by order of Postmaster General William F. Vilas, under the direction of W.L. Nicholson, topographer.
Publisher
[Washington, D.C.] : [U.S. Post Office Department], [1886]
Cartographic Data
Scale approximately 1:950,000 (W 106°38ʹ--W 93°30ʹ/N 36°30ʹ--N 25°50ʹ).
Type of Content
cartographic image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
sheet
Indexed In:
New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division , v.9, page 534, column 1, row 1
Source
US232.1.06
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Place of Publication
United States District of Columbia Washington.
Added Author
United States. Post Office Department, publisher.
Sterne Collection
Research Call Number
Map Div. 17-5361
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